Playwriting for Children’s Theater
Influences
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll show how legendary theatre-makers I admire have been inspired by books they love to make iconic works of their own.”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playwriting for Children’s Theater. Bring your ideas to life on stage by learning how to write plays for children and families, from the initial idea to opening night.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences No art form has an automatic right to endure. They survive because great artists reinvent and reinvigorate them for their own time. Family theatre could easily have become tired, stale, and conservative. I would argue, it has rather become immersive, international, and diverse. In this lesson, I'll pay tribute to some of the world-class theatremakers and writers of today who have inspired me with their imaginative and often visionary theatrical adaptations. Jack Thorne is one of the most prolific writers of stage and screen at work today. From the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Phil...”
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Course summary for: Playwriting for Children’s Theater
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Areas
Children's Literature, Communication, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Script
Piers Torday
A course by Piers Torday
Piers Torday is an author, playwright, and educator from Northumberland, England. As a children’s author, he is dedicated to harnessing the power of imagination through creative writing. The art of writing has always been present in Piers' life: He wrote his first cartoon at age seven, which was about a superhero called Super Sid, and won a competition in a local newspaper. His father, the late Paul Torday, is the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was later adapted into a film.
For Piers, writing children’s novels is a way to engage young readers, inspire them to ask big questions, and shape the minds of tomorrow. His most notable work includes The Lost Magician, The Frozen Sea, The Last Wild Trilogy, and There May Be a Castle. Piers also received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 2014. In a review for the trilogy, The Times states that Piers is “the new master of books for children.”
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